Final AFCA Top 25

WACO, Texas - Colorado School of Mines football has finished the season ranked #18 in the final AFCA Top 25 poll of 2018.

It marks the third-highest finish in the poll for the Orediggers, who ended 2004 at #8 and 2016 at #15. 

Mines went 10-2 under RMAC Coach of the Year Gregg Brandon, earning a share of the RMAC Championship and earning its third NCAA Championship appearance in five years. Led by All-Americans Brody Oliver and Cameron Mayberry, Mines produced NCAA Division II's #1 total offense (556.8 ypg) and #3 scoring offense (47.2 points per game); the Orediggers had the nation's #2 passing offense led by Oliver and quarterback Isaac Harker, and the #22 rushing offense led by Mayberry and an outstanding offensive line.

National champion Valdosta State finished #1 followed by Ferris State, Minnesota State, and Notre Dame (Ohio). From Super Region 4, Tarleton State closed at #5, CSU-Pueblo at #7, Texas A&M-Commerce at #9, Minnesota-Duluth at #13, and Midwestern State at #25. Azusa Pacific and Chadron State received votes.